Articles by Katherine Noyes

Katherine NoyesSenior U.S. Correspondent, IDG News Service

Katherine Noyes has been an ardent geek ever since she first conquered Pyramid of Doom on an ancient TRS-80. Today she covers enterprise software in all its forms, with an emphasis on cloud computing, big data, analytics and artificial intelligence.

Microsoft made two key acquisitions last year with the explicit purpose of integrating them into Dynamics CRM, and on Wednesday it announced a spring wave of the software that brings those additions to light.

Getting IT to work smoothly is a challenge even when all the parts are in-house, but that's nothing compared with the widely dispersed Internet of Things. Enter Red Hat and Eurotech, which on Tuesday announced a new partnership aimed at simplifying the integration of all those IoT pieces.

Deep learning has traditionally been accessible to just the largest organizations, but recently that's begun to change. On Monday, AI startup Nervana launched a new cloud offering for what it calls deep learning on demand.

Predictive analytics can already help companies prevent churn and anticipate equipment breakdowns, but MIT has applied it to a new realm altogether: protecting ships and crews at sea from so-called "rogue waves."

The U.S. National Security Agency could be relying on a seriously flawed machine-learning model to target drone strikes in Pakistan, according to a new analysis of slides uncovered last year by whistleblower Edward Snowden.